Saturday, June 8, 2012
JAIPUR (G3) QUOTES
Michelle Nihei, winning trainer of Upgrade (No. 4): “This horse really has deserved this from the day he walked into the barn. It’s been a little bit of a roller coaster with that last race. The stretch out was a little bit too long for him. I can’t say enough good things about him. Johnny [Velazquez] was very complimentary about everything that he did – he was extremely professional, extremely ride-able. That was everything we wanted it to be. We’ll take a breath, come out of this race, and look for something appealing at Saratoga and look for a path that looks obvious between now and [the Breeders’ Cup in] November.”
John Velazquez, winning jockey aboard Upgrade (No. 4): “He was going really well the whole way around. I was just hoping I’d get a little room to get him running. After that, he was pretty good. I pulled him out, and I worked him, and he did it pretty easily.”
